Susan Vreeland
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eight linked stories tracing the history of a painting by the 17th century Dutch artist, Vermeer. In one, he paints his daughter to pay off debts, a second story describes the loss of the ownership papers, a third takes place on the eve of its theft by the Nazis. By the author of What Love Sees.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1937, young Lisette Roux and her husband, André, move from Paris to a village in Provence to care for André's grandfather Pascal. Lisette regrets having to give up her dream of becoming a gallery apprentice and longs for the comforts and sophistication of Paris. But as she soon discovers, the hilltop town is rich with unexpected pleasures. Pascal once worked in the nearby ochre mines and later became a pigment salesman and frame maker; while...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Louis Comfort Tiffany staffs his studio with female artisans--a decision that protects him from strikes by the all-male union--but refuses to employ women who are married. Lucky for him, Clara Driscoll's romantic misfortunes insure that she can continue to craft the jewel-toned glass windows and lamps that catch both her eye and her imagination
Author
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
℗2004
Language
None
Description
Presents a collection of short stories that explore art through the eyes of ordinary people, showing their personal stories as they play out against the lives of such impressionist artists as Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, and Modigliani.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Emily has never been satisfied with the pious and rigid world she is expected to fit into, and when her creative talent and independent spirit refuse to be suppressed by her father's wishes that she marry and settle down, she defies her family's better judgement and travels to the wild coast of British Columbia.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Can a blind couple raise four children on a ranch? Author Susan Vreelend met such a family in 1983 and felt compelled to share their lives. What Love Sees is her first novel, published in 1988. Jean Treadway, a young, cultured New England woman whose every material need is supplied by wealthy, overprotective parents "meets" through arranged correspondence Forrest Holly, a dirt-poor Southern California rancher whose spiritual foundation turns despair...
11) Brush with fate
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the 300-year history of a lost painting said to have been created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. Framed by the present day narrative of a teacher who has the inside track on the number of lives profoundly altered by the elusive painting. The teacher's tale interconnects individual stories of tragedy, romance, success, failure and even the Holocaust